berättelse — meaning in English

English meaning

• fable noun A short story, often with animal characters, written to teach a moral lesson.
• history noun The study of past events, or the events themselves considered together.
• narrative noun A spoken or written account of connected events; a story.
• recount verb To tell a story or describe events in detail.
• story noun An account, true or invented, of events told for information or entertainment.
• tale noun A story, especially one that is told aloud and may be fictional or exaggerated.

Senses

berättelse is used for these senses in English:

• fable A fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, etc. as characters; an apologue. Prototypically, Aesop's Fables.
• history (countable) A record or narrative description of past events.
• narrative That which is narrated.
• recount Narration, account, description, rendering
• story An account of real or fictional events.
• tale A rehearsal of what has occurred; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story.

fable — full definition

1. noun A short story, often with animal characters, written to teach a moral lesson.
2. noun A made-up story or claim; something untrue.
3. verb To make up and tell a story as though it were true.

history — full definition

1. noun The study of past events, or the events themselves considered together.
2. noun A record of an entity's past actions or states, such as a browsing history or medical history.
3. noun Used to say something is no longer relevant or has ended, especially in the phrase "be history."

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